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  • Originally posted by WARSPITE View Post
    John, many thanks for this one of Flowery Dean. Is it looking west?
    Its strange...an empty featureless street to anyone else, but so full of interest and memories to ripperology.
    Hi Warspite.

    Yes, it's looking west from the junction with Brick Lane.

    JB

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    • Where is this?

      I have this rather silly (but amusing) computer game called Mystery In London, which is vaguely about Jack the Ripper. Basically all you do is scavenger-hunt for items hidden in the pictures; the game's creators took photos of real locations around London.

      This one... Does anyone know where this is? (The street sign doesn't seem to be a Photoshopped-in thing from the game, but I wouldn't know if it was truly relevant to the building's location or not.) The game calls it "Whitechapel Yard", which may or may not be helpful.



      ~ Khanada

      I laugh in the face of danger. Then I run and hide until it goes away.

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      • That's the Whitechapel Bell Foundary, me dear.

        PHILIP
        Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd.

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        • Hi there. I've spent years lurking on the boards, and thought I'd finally contribute to my favourite thread. A few pictures here taken over the last year or so.
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          Christ Church Spitalfields

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          The current state of play at the western end of the former Dorset Street

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          An arty one taken last year in Mitre Square

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          Mitre Square and Church Passage at night

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          Old Castle Street at night looking towards the wash house

          All the best
          Andrew

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          • Great pictures Andrew. Wonderful, in fact....

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            • Yeah - a good angle on these locations, showing artistic composition rather than the normal overviews we're used to seeing. Some thought has gone into these.

              PHILIP
              Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd.

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              • Thanks John! Here are a few more (less arty ones) for everyone's perusal....

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                A rare opportunity to see Swallow Gardens without a van parked in front of it!

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                Henriques Street from a very low viewpoint...

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                The site of Dutfields Yard, taken by squeezing the camera lense through the gap in the wooden gates.

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                Angel Alley

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                Someone ought to cancel that milk order for number 26...

                Cheers
                Andrew

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                • Originally posted by Andrew Firth View Post
                  Henriques Street from a very low viewpoint...
                  ... as seen by Jack as he limbo-danced under Diemschutz's cart.
                  Someone ought to cancel that milk order for number 26...
                  ... and easy on the pizza orders, too. Enough Toppings already!

                  Seriously, great photographs, Andrew - the chained gate at the "Dorset Street" entrance was particularly evocative.
                  Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                  "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                  • Fine photographs, Andrew. Keep 'em coming!
                    Christopher T. George
                    Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conference
                    just held in Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018.
                    For information about RipperCon, go to http://rippercon.com/
                    RipperCon 2018 talks can now be heard at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/

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                    • Thanks for all your kind comments everyone. Here's the last five for now....

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                      Mitre Passage

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                      A load of old bollards and setts in Mitre Square.

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                      The first time I've ever seen someone up on the roof of the board school building in Durward Street.

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                      The familiar doorway in Goulston Street with the new widened pavement that Philip mentioned in the East End Watch thread.

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                      The hoardings are up in Mitre Square, but no sign of the demolition team actually starting to demolish anything....

                      All the best
                      Andrew

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                      • A recent discovery. Or two.

                        Commercial Street looking down Wentworth Street, 1981 - Princess Alice in an earlier guise to the right, the curved corner of Gunthorpe Street in the distance.
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                        Brushfield Street, probably 1980s.
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                        • Originally posted by George Hutchinson View Post
                          That's the Whitechapel Bell Foundary, me dear.

                          PHILIP
                          Ah! Thank you many times over!

                          (Now why couldn't they just have said that, given that they have other <indoor> photos which are supposed to be the Bell Foundry?)


                          Andrew, what beautiful pictures... I particularly love the one of Christ Church, but also the tulips in Mitre Square -- colour me sentimental, but I can't help but smile that they're there.
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                          ~ Khanada

                          I laugh in the face of danger. Then I run and hide until it goes away.

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                          • Andrew, you have the eye of a professional photographer---something that can't be taught. We all look forward to more examples of your work in due course.

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                            • Some very good photos there Andrew, keep up the good work. I especially liked the Christ Church shot, it looked rather spooky.

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                              • This truly is a lovely thread, especially for those of us who are not living in the UK, and who need the occasional whiff of British streetlife and architecture to stay alert. I am very thankful that the opportunity to share in all of this remains just a click away.
                                And all the more reason to welcome as gifted a photographer as Andrew Firth - some really good work there, Andrew! Thanks!

                                the best,
                                Fisherman

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